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Reloading a document
You may want to discard all the changes made in an editing session after the last document save.
But undoing each change or remembering where the changes took place can be a difficult task. If
you are sure you do not want to keep the changes from the last save operation, you can reload
your document. A copy of the document that is currently stored in the file system is loaded. The
document returns to the state where it was last saved.
To reload a document, go to File > Reload on the menu bar. A confirmation dialog will warn you
that you will discard your last changes. On reloading your document, the File dialog will not open,
because the file is already selected.
Closing a document
If only one document is open and you want to close that document, go to File > Close on the
Menu bar or click on the X on the right or left end of the Menu bar. On Windows and Linux, the
document closes and the LibreOffice Start Center opens. On Mac OS X, the document closes and
only the Menu bar remains at the top of the screen.
If more than one document is open and you want to close one of them, go to File > Close on the
Menu bar or click on the X on the title bar of that documents window. The X may be located on
either the right or left end of the title bar.
If the document has not been saved since the last change, a message box is displayed. Choose
whether to save or discard your changes.
Caution
Not saving your document could result in the loss of recently made changes, or worse
still, the entire file.
Closing LibreOffice
To close LibreOffice completely, go to File > Exit on the Menu bar in Windows and Linux operating
systems. In a Mac operating system, go to LibreOffice > Quit LibreOffice on the Menu bar.
When you close the last document using the X on the title bar of the window, then LibreOffice will
close completely. A Mac operating system does not have this function; instead, you need to use to
LibreOffice > Quit LibreOffice.
You can also use a keyboard shortcut as follows:
In Windows and Linux Ctrl+Q
In Mac OS X Command +Q
If any documents have not been saved since the last change, a message box is displayed. Choose
whether to save or discard your changes.
Note
The Reset button, located in the lower right of the full Options dialog, has the same
effect on all pages of the dialog. It resets the options to the values that were in place
when you opened the dialog.
If you are using a version of LibreOffice other than US English, some field labels may be different
from those shown in the illustrations.
General options
The options on the LibreOffice General page are described below Figure 16.
Memory options
The options on the LibreOffice Memory page control how LibreOffice uses your computers
memory and how much memory it requires. Before changing them, you may wish to consider the
following points:
More memory can make LibreOffice faster and more convenient (for example, more undo
steps require more memory); but the trade-off is less memory available for other
applications and you could run out of memory altogether.
View options
The options on the LibreOffice View page affect the way the document window looks and
behaves. Some of these options are described below Figure 18. Set them to suit your personal
preferences.
Paste content Edit > Paste Ctrl+V pastes at Clicking the middle mouse button pastes
the cursor position. at the mouse pointer position.
Pasting into another No effect on the clipboard The last marked selection is the content
document contents. of the selection clipboard.
Tip
Press Shift+Ctrl+R to restore or refresh the view of the current document after
changing the anti-aliasing settings, to see the effect.
Figure 19: Font list (Left) with preview; (Right) without preview
Print options
On the LibreOffice Print page, set the print options to suit your default printer and your most
common printing method. Most of these options should be self-explanatory.
The option PDF as Standard Print Job Format is not available on Windows. Select this option to
change the internal print job format from a Postscript document description to a PDF description.
This format has a number of advantages over Postscript. For more information, see
http://www.linuxfoundation.org/collaborate/workgroups/openprinting/pdf_as_standard_print_job_format
Deselecting this option reverts to the Postscript document workflow system.
In the Printer warnings section near the bottom of the page, you can choose whether to be warned
if the paper size or orientation specified in your document does not match the paper size or
orientation available for your printer. Having these warnings turned on can be quite helpful,
particularly if you work with documents produced by people in other countries where the standard
paper size is different from yours.
Tip
If your printouts are incorrectly placed on the page or chopped off at the top, bottom, or
sides, or the printer is refusing to print, the most likely cause is page size
incompatibility.
Paths options
On the LibreOffice Paths page, you can change the location of files associated with, or used by,
LibreOffice to suit your working situation. In a Windows system, for example, you might want to
store documents by default somewhere other than My Documents.
To make changes, select an item in the list shown in Figure 21 and click Edit. On the Select Path
dialog (not shown; may also be titled Edit Paths), add or delete folders as required, and then click
OK to return to the Options dialog. Note that some items can have at least two paths listed: one to
a shared folder (which might be on a network) and one to a user-specific folder (normally on the
users personal computer).
Tip
You can use the entries on the LibreOffice Paths page to compile a list of files, such
as those containing AutoText, that you need to back up or copy to another computer.